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Bakugan Christmas Ch 7.

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"Five, four, three, two, one... Zero! Quitting time Drago buddy let's get outta here." I said as I stood looking at the clock on the break room wall, like lightning I snatched up my coat and gloves from the table I'd laid them on and started for the nearest computer terminal to clock out then escape this  chaotic place. "I swear these little monsters are gonna be the death of me. Haven't they ever heard the phrase act your age not your shoe size?" I grumbled, "Actually that's the first time I've ever heard that one myself." Drago said floating beside me as we walked down the white tiled hallway.  "Hemm well its still early too, maybe we can go find another brawl or two down at the fight stage. would be cool if Aria and Panzer were free, or Ren and Linehalt." I said. "Personally I'd like a shot at Neo and Ryuji, we owe them some big time pay back after how they beat us last time." Drago growled as he recalled that battle and the crazy ability cards Ryuji pulled on us. Neo was still rubbing that in his face when ever she could. " We wouldn't of lost that battle if you had pulled the right cards and made sure to shuffle your deck right like I said." Grumbled the little Pyrus bakugan. "Oh no no no my friend you can't blame me it was you who couldn't land a blow on her. But then again she is so springy and bounces all over the place." I said recalling how the match was more like a comedy skit at the same time. "The other Bakugan are never going to let me live that down. Thank Vestroia Preyas wasn't there to see it that guy has a big enough mouth as it is. Last thing I need is him spreading my loss around." Drago sighed. I had to laugh at that just because of how I could definately see Preyas doing that.  I desided to go and pick Aria up early from work, Sora probably wanted a quick  make out session with Shun and I figured why not let her have her privacy.

As Drago and I walked the mall heading back the long way towards the food court we could hear the sound of bells jingling infront of some stores as people collected money for  charities and the salvation army. Music was playing to get shoppers in the spirit. Little kids faces were a glow with happiness as they munched on treats some store owners handed out to them, many of them had thier faces plastered firmly against the glass of window displays that showed the latest gadgets and toys which they would no doubt be begging for. Further up ahead you could see a gigantic Christmas tree set in the middle of the mall square all decorated up with lights of red, blue, green, purple, and yellow. Garland was strung over the branches that the lights reflected off of that light then  filtered down through the icesicle orniments and down on to the ground but the most eye catching was the brillient golden star right at the top  it would shine out long streamers of light every now and then and make you stop dead in your tracks to look up at it.  I stopped for a while to look up at it and watch at the kids below at the stand below as they worked on little orniments of thier own some to go on the tree and others to take home.  " Heh I can still remember  doing stuff like that back when I was in grade school with Sora." I said as I rested my arms on the metal railing. "You don't say, What were some you made?" Drago asked me. I had to think back on this question as it had been quite a long time since then. "I made a reindeer, a snowman,  stars a few times,... Heh but my favorite was the white ranger one I made back when I was 7 . I tell you Drago that was the first one I would dig out of the box and hang up right at the top of the tree to "protect the star."  Dad would always lift me up so I could put it up there and each time I would laugh and laugh."  I could still picture the tree back then and me holding the orniment in my hand, feeling myself being lifted up and hanging him on the branch. I could hear Sora clapping as she watched this from the couch and Mom bringing in something to warm us up a few minutes later.  Those were the days, back then when everything made sense when I didn't have a care in the entire world. "Gah, why the hell am I thinking about this now for, the past is the past and we can't go back." I grumbled. "Daniel come on now, how long are you going to keep up this mask over yourself? Even I can see this whole I hate Christmas side of you is a farce." Drago replyed. "Maybe instead of casting those memories to the side you should hold them closer and treasure them like you once did." "Thing are different now Drago, I'm not that little kid I was back then we all have to grow up at some point in our lives." I said  as I headed for the escalator and rode down to the bottom level of the mall. As I did I saw a guy and girl standing looking up at the tree together,by the way she was clinging on to his arm and resting her head on his shoulder you could tell they were an item, "Keep your guard up buddy she will be smooching you up one minute then next she'll be kicking you straight into the curb the moment she sees someone else walk by that catches her eye." I thought, hate to admit this but part of me wanted to yell it out loud, just as a warning Drago would probably stomp me into the ground if I did. Soon Grub Bucket's rancid smelling food came wafting back into my nostrils and I had to force down a retch, the sooner I got Aria and we were heading home the better. I saw her standing up at the counter talking with Lance, you could see her giggling as he was no doubt spinning one of his tall tales for her and  trying to make himself seem like a bigger hero then me. Still I kind of had a feeling Aria liked him a long time ago given that she often got home late because she was out on a date with him. This didn't bother me as much as Sora and Shun did at first, still I wasn't worried about either of them Lance and Shun were trust worthy guys. Lance then surprised Aria as he leaned over the counter and kissed her on her mouth which made her  turned her into putty in his hands. "Well Looks like Aria just got a little present early." Drago said. I nodded not sure what else to really say sometimes silence was best.

"Mmmmm,  I needed that. I don't know what it is, but I can never get enough of those kisses of yours." Aria said as she looked up into Lance's eyes as he brushed some hair out of his face. " Well how do you think I feel, having such a lovely little angel like you choose me. Out of everyone else your gaze fell onto me. I'm the one who feels like I'm in a dream sometimes." He said. Aria chuckled as she walked over to the hooks on the wall and hung up her apron. "Heard you and Ryuji battled this afternoon and you won. Wish I could of gotten away to see it." "Tell you what You and I will have a match again really soon, I wanna see how far you and Panzer have come."  Aria nodded Lance was the one who had given her Panzer as a partner he hoped that doing it would land him in good graces with her and get her more into Bakugan. "Hope you can land a hit on us this time around." Terraroid said as he opened up in Lance's hand. "You looking to start something right now Snake boy?"  barked Panzer. "I'm a dragon not a snake ya  flying flea circus." "Who you calling a flea circus ya  fire spewing garden hose reject?!" "You ya scrawny  mange ridden  toilet water slurping-" "Enough! Both of you, sheesh this rivalry between you two gets old." Lance said Panzer and Terraroid always had to one up the other in thier fight records and such sometimes it was funny other times it dragged on and just got irratating. " Panzer, you really do need to relax, the whole point of the game is to have some fun and make friends." Aria said as Panzer just huffed and  rolled back up into a ball. "Heh, I did warn you he was feisty probably what makes him a good match for you." Lance said Aria nodded, she was kind of like a blend of Runo and Fabia together with a dash of Julie put in. She would be bubble headed and friendly one minute then kicking your ass clear across the  parking lot the next. " Oh hey, Hope you don't have any plans tonight, cause Sora wanted me to tell you this." Lance then whispered what he had been told earlyer in Aria's ear, her plan and what they would all be doing tonight to kick it off. "Oh man are you serious?!, I never would of guessed them. But umm I'm not the best at well, that so... " Aria muttered as she looked down at her shoes. Lance then used his thumb to raise her head back up and lightly rubbed her cheek. "No worries ok If you fall I'll be there to catch you. We can always duck out and have a little fun for ourselves later if you like." He said. Aria nodded understanding "I just hope Sora knows what she is doing."  "You and me both, just don't tell Dan about this until later so he can't say No."

"Don't tell Dan about what later?" I asked spooking the 2 of them. "Jeez dude! Ya trying to scare the tick out of my ticker?" Lance asked. "What's this you two are going on about, ya got some kind of secret I can tell, Aria?" I said looking at her Aria had a desperately hard time of keeping secrets, She groaned as she fought the urge to just spill everything to me now. "Nuh Uh!!" she grunted shaking her head quickly "Sorry Dan dude, you know the rules, no spilling secrets until the big day."  Lance said and Aria nodded in agreement as she covered her hands over her mouth.  Now I was not the idiot they thought I was most of the time, A big red flag was going up in my head now and I would bet my  last dollar that this was Sora's doing or something. "I'm watching you two and not blinking. Come on Aria, time to head on home." I said  as  Drago and I headed off for the exit and Sora, Lance smiled and waved to us before jogging off down the  path, all the while I kept on wondering just what he and Aria had been talking about. Once we found Sora and Gayle waiting for us we started to tredge on home. It had snowed quite a bit  since we got to work this morning  and you could feel the chill in the air growing. "Brrrr! Can we put a little speed on this, I seriouly need a hot chocolate re charge." Aria said. "Quit being such a baby Aria it's not that cold. Now this though may freeze you out some." I laughed scooping up some snow and  dropping it down her coat. She started hooting and hollering like a chicken with its head cut off as she raced down the sidewalk  trying to get the snow out of her jacket. I'm not gonna lie I got a big laugh out of watching this  Sora on the other hand just groaned. "Real mature Dan." She said. "Hey she wants to get home fast how better then that?" I said. Sora groaned again before turning and looking at me with a calmer look. "Shun and I had a great time battling today, hope you and Fabs did too." "It was ok. I'm lucky she agreed to help me out how she did." I said  Sora nodded as she  put her arms behind her back and now walked faceing me, "I still say it was pretty cute how you rushed away with her in toe, kind of figured we would find you two back at the store  locking lips in the break room or something." "SORA!!! Sheesh jeez where in the heck did that come from how many times do I have to spell this out we are just friends damn it." It was one thing if Ren, Shun or Lance knew but I didn't want to imagine the fuss Julie would make or worse yet Baron he was as bad as Aria at keeping secrets, only thing was he broke stuff too. "Besides, I think you are aiming way way to high for me. Princess like her has the pick of the lot why go for a lower class guy like me?" I said. "Hemm sounds to me  she may be more then a friend to you and you just don't wanna admit it."  I said nothing, But I will admit that Sora was basicly right. I was starting to examine Fabia a bit closer now and  realized that when off the battlefield she really was a different person. She was smart and unlike Runo really wasn't that quick to temper unless pushed there, Trust worthy too you could come and tell her secrets and she would keep them  while trying her best to help you out however she could.  Other then the mis spell we had back when she first came to Earth for help she never did wrong by me, or any of us for that matter. She did leave me with quite the bruise on my rear end for a while, couldn't sit right for a week still guess it was kind of deserved.  "She is really cute when she smiles and laughs." I whispered low hoping she wouldn't hear me, I actually did really want to partner with her for the match from the start.  "Well I should tell you now Dan, Rest up when we get home cause we're meeting the others down at the square to go Ice skating." Sora said. I was an ok skater if I was on wheels but on ice i was wobbly as all get out and not too coordinated. "Count me out. Last thing I wanna do is break my neck on the ground, end up in the emergency room."  "Aww come on now, think about it, You wanna disapoint Fabs?  I already told her you would be there imagine how upset she will be." Sora said.  "Umm guys, I think we got a little problem." Aria called as we got closer to the house.

"Sora, please tell me that isn't what I think it is." I muttered with fear and desperation dripping from my voice. "Only if you tell me it isn't what I think it is." she countered. "I think that's Uncle Buzzard's pick up truck." I said grimly as I looked on the rust covered blue and white peice of crap that was sitting in the drive way along side the  crimson red Kia, that one was no doubt grandma and grandpa. They were always welcome here but if Uncle Buzzard was here then Aunt Misaki was too and that meant ... Kevin and Emi.  Going Inside the house now was no doubt a death sentience in the making but it wasn't like we could spend all day out here in the snow, Aria's chattering teeth would give us away in no time flat. "We'll go around to the back that way we can go up through the basement with out them knowing. Go in stealth ninja style." I said. "Ninja style is good that I can do." Sora whispered. The three of us then   quickly placed our Bakugan into our pockets and moved along the side of the house  sinking to the ground when ever we hit a window.  It was slow going but   we eventually made our way into, a barrage of snow balls right square in the face. "Ha ha ha ha! we got you we totally got you!!!" said my little cousin Kevin as he stuck his tounge out and blew a rasberry at us. Emi was laughing too while she held her stuffed bunny rabbit in her arms.  "Yeah real funny there Kevin, bout as funny as the pile of snow you dropped down on us last year." I said Looking back  behind me Aria was about as blue as a person could be as she stood muttering about ice in her shorts. Sora glared at Kevin and gave him an "I'm watching you look." "I told you kids not to be throwing snow balls out here. If you don't watch yourselves you aren't going to be helping out with the tree inside." Aunt Misaki warned as she came into view, she was a fairly young woman still only like 1 or 2 years younger then my mom  with silvery white hair and purple sleepy looking eyes.  It was nice to see her though but wish her kids had a little less energy. "Sorry guys, they wanted to give you a surprise when you got home but I had no idea this was what they meant. I sighed and shook the snow off my head "No harm done Misaki, just forget about it." I said as I opened up the sliding glass door and went inside. At the table my Uncle Buzzard sat talking with grandpa while grandma was helping Mom cook. I could see Dad in the living room working on unpacking the box of decorations and setting up the tree in its stand. Taking in a deep breath I smiled as I enjoyed a mixture of fresh frieser fir and mom's cookies baking in the oven. "Just in time kids. Get em while they're hot." Said grandma after she hugged us all. "Hey Danny boy, come here for a minute. Pull my finger." Said grandpa, blasting off a fart before I could even do so. "Bah ha ha ha! Beat ya to it!" he said. I laughed and hugged the old man. "You never change gramps. " "Well loss of control is the first thing to go Danny boy."  He said smiling. "That joke is older then you are ya shriveled up petrifyed old prune."  Grandma said "Ehh you just don't appreicate comedy woman. Hand me one of those there cookies." Gramps said as he got up, each step he took he farted again, which resulted in me cracking up. Sora did too but hers were more controled. Aria paled on the other hand, just like Mom. "Fart jokes are funny!!" Kevin said loudly at least the little guy got comedy

We found out that the reason they were here early was  Grandpa's check wasn't accepted at the  hotel and they had to come here and stay with us which meant that we would be shifting rooms sadly. "Your father and I will be in one room, your grandparents will be in the guest room,  Aria you will be with Kevin and Emi, Aunt Misaki and Uncle Buzzard will be in Sora's room and Sora you will be with Dan." Mom explained. "WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" Sora and I yelled. "Oh relax you two shared a room not too long ago. " Said Uncle Buzzard as he belched after draining his  coffee cup dry. "Yeah when we were like 6." I said. "Mom please can't you make Dan sleep on the couch? I gotta get my Beauty sleep and it's damn near impossible with his snoring." Sora whined. "My snoring, I'm not the one who needs like 20 stuffed animals arranged in a certain order above her bed before she can fall asleep that right there will keep you awake." I said. "No you gotta  play around with your little Power ranger dolls first." She mocked. "Action figures, and I don't play with them any more, I just clean them up and make sure the plastic is holding up ok." "Looks like playing to me." Sora said. "I'm not the one who sleeps with a teddy bear still!!" I snapped. Mom growled and  glared at us again  saying we would be sharing the room and we would be civilized to the other person's needs other wise there would be hell to pay. "I mean, I would be happy to share a room with my dear sweet little sister, who I love so much." I said  pulling Sora over to me into a hug. "Why thank you big brother, you're so kind." Mom nodded and smiled our way but I still wasn't too happy about it.

"Holy crap this thing is some kind of Fucking heavy!" I growled as I lugged an inflatable air mattress into my room while Sora did the same thing with her stuffed animals. I dropped the thing down in the middle of my floor and started to set it up, "Thanks for the help." I panted. "Hey We flipped a coin  I got heads you picked tails  tails had to carry the mattress." Sora said. Once I got the pump going I sat on my bed and  looked over at my sister as Drago and Gayle helped her set up her animals. "So, I think I've figured out you out Sis." I said  "What do you mean figured me out?" she asked. "I mean you set this whole thing up, the battle, me partnering with Fabia for it,  this Ice skating  thing. You're behind it all and you've got the others in on it too." I said. "Why Daniel. I have no idea what you are-" "Don't play dumb Sis, I know you too well. Look I know what you are doing and I honestly appreciate it but I just don't think it will work out I'm not even sure I'm Fabs type." I said  "Why do you say that, You may be a little hot headed and  irratating when you get on your brawling trips but other then that you are about an A -, B+ on the catch chart." She said. "I'm a common guy, Not royal, not a knight, for all I know she just sees me as a friend or a cling on to the group she had to put up with." I said now laying on my back with my arms behind my head. "Dan, don't talk about yourself like that, Keep in mind Fabs isn't Runo. I've gotten to know her well enough to know she wouldn't stab a guy in the back like that." Sora finished up her arranging before coming over to the bed and sitting beside me. "I happen to know she holds you in high regards. Not just for the past but in general." I took what Sora said to heart and remembered it, still I couldn't help but feel some doubt about  putting myself back out there Last thing I wanted was for this to blow up in my face and look like a fool again. "You never know what will happen until you put yourself out there Dan. For all you know this could be the one that sticks with you forever, and if not then you keep going and keep looking until you find her." Sora replyed with a smile as she  rubbed me on the shoulder. I looked up at my little sister and saw a deep resonating confidence in her gaze. We stayed there silent for a while before she got up and started to put her winter gear back on to go meet the others. "Please come along with us Dan, Please?" she asked I sat up and thought about what she said. "I can't deny it, I guess I have been hiding from this side of me, The side that was attracted to Fabia out of fear but I couldn't be afraid forever. I'd made up my mind I was going to take the shot and see where it went tonight. "Lead the way Sis."  I said doing the same as her and following her down stairs, all the while I could feel my stomach starting to churn with uncertainity "Well here goes nothing."
Dan is now more confused then ever if he truly likes Fabia or not. He is locked in a battle with wanting to see for himself and with his memories of the past. But thankfully for him his Sister Sora, Drago and his friends are there to do their part and help him out.

As Sora sets up an Ice skating date for the gang tonight Dan gathers his courage to try and see if he has a chance with this other worldly young maiden.

"Probably my longest chapter yet for this story, was up all night writing it. Please enjoy."
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Mimzy94's avatar
It's so cute big bro! I like the little bit with Aria and Lance (giggle) the kiss threw me for a loop but this was an awesome chapter!